Re: [ubuntu-uk] usb wireless adapter

2009-06-24 Thread norman
> >My brother who is a very recent convert to Ubuntu has a Belkin USB > >Wireless G adapter which he would like to use. In order to do this I > >understand that it is necessary to know the chipset details so could > >someone please tell me if it is possible, using Ubuntu, to get this > >informatio

Re: [ubuntu-uk] usb wireless adapter

2009-06-24 Thread Barry Titterton
>My brother who is a very recent convert to Ubuntu has a Belkin USB >Wireless G adapter which he would like to use. In order to do this I >understand that it is necessary to know the chipset details so could >someone please tell me if it is possible, using Ubuntu, to get this >information. > >Norm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-24 Thread norman
> > the Bamboo, as far as I can tell, is fully operative with the > > stylus, all > > > > > > the buttons and the circle working... > > > > Norman >>> That's great news. You must be very pleased! I guess you > got the buttons working with the script you mentioned earlier? I > think you wer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-24 Thread John
Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/6/24 John : > >> Oh wow, that would be really useful. I have not been to one before. >> Would it be in London, or somewhere else. >> >> > > We're hoping for there to be more than one. See this mail I sent to the list. > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/2

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-24 Thread Alan Pope
2009/6/24 John : > Oh wow, that would be really useful. I have not been to one before. > Would it be in London, or somewhere else. > We're hoping for there to be more than one. See this mail I sent to the list. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/2009-June/019439.html Sadly no replies ye

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-24 Thread John
Matthew Daubney wrote: > On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 17:40 +0100, John wrote: > > > >> >> Hi Neil, >> >> thank you for the links, they are really useful, I keep forgetting about >> those. I do already have those, and have looked through a few of them. I >> learnt how to add Root Nautilus Launche

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-24 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 17:40 +0100, John wrote: > > Hi Neil, > > thank you for the links, they are really useful, I keep forgetting about > those. I do already have those, and have looked through a few of them. I > learnt how to add Root Nautilus Launcher to the panel, and a few other > thi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-24 Thread John
Matthew Daubney wrote: > On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 14:03 +0100, John wrote: > >> The second thing I wanted to ask was, I am hopeless at picking things up >> by reading, I'm from the old school, where I learn better being shown. >> Are there any courses I can go on, that can help me learn Linux bet

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-24 Thread Mac
-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Terminology and beginners, was Re: Scrambled screen & reinstalling

2009-06-24 Thread John
Tim Dobson wrote: > Neil Greenwood wrote: > >> Finding a common set of terms (and then remembering to use them!) is >> difficult. >> >> The best thing to do is ask if you don't understand. >> > > Seconded. Just ask for clarification - even if it's not something your > particularly intere

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-24 Thread John
Neil Greenwood wrote: > 2009/6/23 Alan Lord (News) : > >> On 23/06/09 21:05, Sean Miller wrote: >> >>> Problem with "learning Linux" is that there is really no such thing, >>> Linux is merely a kernel and every distribution is different... >>> obviously the core bash and command line utilit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Terminology and beginners, was Re: Scrambled screen & reinstalling

2009-06-24 Thread Tim Dobson
Neil Greenwood wrote: > Finding a common set of terms (and then remembering to use them!) is > difficult. > > The best thing to do is ask if you don't understand. Seconded. Just ask for clarification - even if it's not something your particularly interested in or if you can't understand it eno

[ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-24 Thread norman
I was asked some little time ago to report on how my efforts to set up the Bamboo tablet progressed. As mentioned in an earlier post, I changed my operating system from 9.04 to 8.04 primarily because I am not capable of using HAL. With a great deal of help from a non-Ubuntu user, the Bamboo, as far

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-24 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 14:03 +0100, John wrote: > The second thing I wanted to ask was, I am hopeless at picking things up > by reading, I'm from the old school, where I learn better being shown. > Are there any courses I can go on, that can help me learn Linux better? > > Thanks for your help. >

[ubuntu-uk] Terminology and beginners, was Re: Scrambled screen & reinstalling

2009-06-24 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/6/23 Greg Herdman : > One general thought regarding this list - much of the chat is, by its > very nature, very technical, or at least very much couched in 'insider' > language. As a real beginner in the Ubuntu world I for one would > appreciate a bit of 'translation' when discussing convolute

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-24 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/6/23 Alan Lord (News) : > On 23/06/09 21:05, Sean Miller wrote: >> Problem with "learning Linux" is that there is really no such thing, >> Linux is merely a kernel and every distribution is different... >> obviously the core bash and command line utilities tend to be fairly >> consistent, thou